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OBJECTIVE:
Seeking job with an innovative design studio where my interest in illustration, design, and creative thinking can be used to create strong visual solutions.
SKILLS:
Illustration and Design: Broad range of skills in both computer and traditional design. Strong conceptual thinker. Ability to work in wide range of traditional materials.
Computer: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Corel Painter, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel: experience with PC and Mac.
Organizational: Able to work independently and with a team. Detail oriented with strong time management skills. Worked with curatorial team, duties included researching and writing footnotes for a 70 plus page published academic essay.Worked with a design team creating men's leather footwear for the Clarks stores and their sellers.
EDUCATION:
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Providence, RI, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 2009
RISD Pre-College Painting Major Summer, 2003
Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France Winter 2007
Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY, Valedictorian, 2005
Mount Greylock Regional High School, Williamstown, MA
Skidmore College Classes Summer, 2004
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Art and Design:
The Centre fro Newfoundland & Labrador Studies, School of Humanities Publications, Waterford Institute of Technology 2009
Freelance: Illustrated Jan Conn's poetry in the book, How The Light Gets In...
Clarks Companies North America Newton, MA 2008
Freelance: Illustrator drawings of the Bostonian 2009 collection for use on line sheets, information graphics, and shoe box stickers.
Clarks Companies North America Newton, MA Summer 2008
Design Intern: Worked with the Bostonian, Clarks Men’s, and Clarks Originals teams to design their spring 2009 lines.
Williams College Psychology Department Williamstown, MA 2006 and 2007
Designer: Worked with Department Chair in creation of poster design for lecture series. Designed graphs for research to be published in the upcoming year.
RISDReach Providence, RI School Years 2006 and 2007
Organizer and Participant: Community service group. Assisted with CityArts, a teen based art program in creating wall murals, food bank prep, and basic construction for Habitat for Humanity.
Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown, MA 2006
Museum Intern: Assisted Deborah Rothschild, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art in preparation for Making It New The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy, an exhibition shown through September 2008 at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Summer Art Camp Williamstown, MA 2002
Co-Director: Ran art program for children ages 7 to 10 and taught drawing and craft oriented projects.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Dave Simonds Williamstown, MA 2005
Freelance Carpenter: Provided assistance on private summer residence, exterior renovation, prepared shingles for installation.
Williams College Williamstown, MA 2005
Catering Assistant, Food Services: Helped prepare events for college and private parties, serving and clean up.
GRANTS & AWARDS:
2008- Berkshire Art Association honorable mention. Three oil paintings to be displayed in annual show.
2003- National Endowment for the Arts Guardian Sculpture Project, U.N.I.T.Y Juried artist. Created concrete outdoor sculpture, permanently installed at the Natural Bridge State Park, North Adams, MA.
